Confirmation

We love connecting faith, service, and fun as we learn and grow together! Confirmation meets Wednesday nights from 5:30pm-6:30pm in Fellowship Hall for 7th and 8th graders as we prepare the youth to affirm the promises of baptism in the spring of 8th grade.

Informational meetings for 6th graders and their parent(s) will be held this Spring – Watch this page for future updates. If you have questions or are interested in having your child attend confirmation at St. Peter, contact the church office at 515-986-3077.  

We support the youth in caring small groups as they grow in faith, with groups of 4-5 youth and two adults. The small groups learn together during large group time and break into small groups to discuss the lesson, share highs and lows, and pray together. We utilize a two-year rotation, focusing on Lutheran Life,  Luther & the Small Catechism, The Life of Jesus, The New Testament, and the Apostles Creed.  We use the Faith Inkubators Head to Heart curriculum.  We use the Lutheran Study Bible to learn more about the Old Testament, New Testament and the Gospels.

In Confirmation youth participate in the life of the church and are formed in faith through learning, experiencing God at work in the world, and experiencing God incarnate in one another. We ask parents to partner with us in walking beside your youth and modeling a life of faith.

Service and Fellowship

Various times throughout the year, the confirmation students work together to complete service projects. Some of the areas the youth support include CFUM (Children & Family Urban Movement) Supper Club, MOSAIC in Central Iowa, the Salvation Army, the Grimes Storehouse, and MercyOne Hospitals.

The confirmation students take part in worship services throughout their two year study by serving as volunteers. The serve as acolytes and hosts, and have the opportunity to create and lead an entire Wednesday night worship, along with the annual tradition of presenting the Christmas story on the 2nd Wednesday of December.